Outside the Beltway

A number of GOP politicians criticized Trump over 1/6 and some resigned.

A new poll offers mixed results.

Some tabs plus some tabs equals some tabs.

A media critic argues we pay outsized attention to the goings-on at Fox, MSNBC, and CNN.

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

The Biden admin is about to take a demilitarized group off the terrorist list and some people aren’t happy about it.

President Biden’s domestic policy chief is a stickler for grammar.

Politicians gonna politician, but still…

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

A largely mythical beast may become even more rare.

The enigmatic Senator is a world-class attention seeker.

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

The President’s approval has plummeted, largely because of factors outside his control.

Several stories for your consumption.

The internecine fight over the budget is coming to a head.

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

He beats the alternative.

Not everyone is losing money.

An unsatisfying first(?) response.

The President is looking for any leverage he can to get refuseniks vaccinated.

A humanitarian crisis made worse by shameful delays.

A novel but flawed legal argument.

Several stories, not enough time for full write-ups.

Another R/D cleavage?

It’s not getting any better, folks.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

Things that make you go Hmmm.

A bizarre development looks to upend it less than 24 hours after it was announced.

Another case of word choice overriding intent.

A typical case of American blind justice.

A bipartisan compromise appears unlikely.

Could this be the straw that broke the camel’s back?

The politics of science comes full circle.

Republicans who admit Joe Biden won the election fair and square are being driven from the party.

The President has overturned decades of US foreign policy and alienated a NATO ally for, well, reasons.

A bizarre case of bureaucratic ineptitude.

New screening procedures follow a Department-wide stand-down.

Key posts across the government remain unfilled.

There’s a right way and a wrong way to improve the system.

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

Quite a number of Democratic Congressmen are thinking about seeking a new job.

A little-known rule might allow a majority to pass one more bill.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

There are legitimate ethical and liberty questions but they’re outweighed by the benefits.

The case of Katie Porter’s committee assignments.

The ongoing codependency that is the Trump-GOP relationship.